BILLION. NATO MEMBERS DECIDED TO SUSPEND COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA. THE PARALYMPIC GAMES WILL BEGIN ON FRIDAY IN SOCHI. THE FAVORITE IN SNOWBOARD EVENTS IS A NORTHERN CALIFORNIAN. HIS FAMILY IS READY TO JOIN HIM AS HE COMPETES IN THE GAMES. MORE THAN 6700 MILES AWAY FROM SOCHI, THE FIX RESTAURANT WHICH EVAN STRONG OPERATES WITH HIS FAMILY IS BUZZING WITH THE LUNCHTIME CROWD. TOMORROW, THEY START THEIR JOIN HIM -- THEIR JOURNEY TO JOIN HIM IN RUSSIA. I HAVE NEVER GONE SO FAR FROM HOME BEFORE. STRONG IS THE MEDAL FAVORITE IN SNOWBOARD CROSS. AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR AND LOSING HIS LEG AT 17 TO NOW BEING 27 AND GOING TO RUSSIA AND GOING TO THE PARALYMPICS, THAT IS AMAZING. IF YOU HAD TOLD US 10 YEARS AGO, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD HAVE BELIEVED IT. THE JOURNEY IS NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE. HE DIDN'T EVEN LEARN HOW TO SNOWBOARD UNTIL AFTER THE ACCIDENT. BACK THEN, IT WAS A FAR-OFF AND DISTANT DREAM THAT EVAN WOULD GET TO GO TO THE OLYMPICS. ALL OF OUR LIVES HAVE REALLY BECOME ABOUT THE PARALYMPICS. WE HAVE BECOME FULLY FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING HIM. THIS GROUP ADMITS THEY HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT GOING TO RUSSIA. I THINK I AM MORE NERVOUS BEING HERE WATCHING HIM ON TELEVISION INSTEAD OF BEING THERE WITH HIM BY HIS SIDE. I KNOW THAT THAT IS THE PLACE THAT I NEED TO BE. I WISH THE TURMOIL WASN'T HAPPENING. I WISH YOU COULD BE JUST THE MOST AMAZING OLYMPIC GAMES EVER. BUT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT AS IT IS AND RUN WITH IT. STRAW THEN HIS FAMILY TRAVELED TO VANCOUVER FOR YEARS AGO.